Summer quickly turned into fall and suddenly a lot of party planning begins. Among the obvious, there was Maya’s third birthday to plan for too. I decided to do my own take on “Young Wild & Three”. I just love that fierce little slogan and couldn’t resist.
While researching, I saw a lot of boho motifs used for the Young Wild & Three theme. It wasn’t going to work for me as I had already done something with teepees and feathers for her first birthday, and I just felt it didn’t say enough about the emerging freedom and enthusiasm toddlers have. I still wanted to incorporate it however, so instead of just one motif I created a mix of motifs which I thought represented toddlers wide and blossoming interests. The graphics were also used to send email invites. In Italy, it’s still very common to pick up the phone, knock on a door or send a mobile message to invite someone to a gathering. The paper invites are mostly reserved for weddings (sigh).
I love to include backdrops at parties and parents enjoy me sharing memories with them of their children! I found a great, inexpensive and to top it off up-cycled tutorial on how to create cardboard cut-out letters and forms via OH HAPPY DAY. I also asked parents to bring their own prop their children felt affection for and gave them a sense of "power”. This helped personalize the picture.
